Innholdsfortegnelse for Issue #105 - 2020 i Quilters Companion

Finished size: 56cm (22in) square Patchwork FUNdamentals patchworkfun chris.jurd@bigpond.com Materials • 30cm (⅜yd) orange print fabric • Fat quarter black print fabric • Fat quarter aqua print fabric • 3in square pink print fabric • 40cm (½yd) each of four low-volume print fabrics (background) • 70cm (¾yd) low-volume fabric (internal backing for cushion front) • 70cm (¾yd) coordinated print fabric (cushion back) • Batting at least 65cm (26in) square • 2.5m (2⅛yd) of 4cm (1½in) wide black ricrac • 60cm (24in) square cushion insert • Freezer paper • Rotary cutter, ruler and mat • Sewing machine with ¼in and open-toe feet • General sewing supplies Note: If you can’t buy a cushion insert 60cm (24in) square, a quick and easy way to make one is to buy a larger one…

Finished quilt size: 186.5cm (73½in) square fimch2@gmail.com cherylfilby Materials • 1.65m (1 ⅞yd) large floral navy print fabric (Border 10 and binding) • 1.5m (1⅝yd) cream print fabric (quilt centre background and Borders 1, 2 and 3) • 65cm (¾yd) red print fabric (Borders 4 and 8) • 60cm (¾yd) dark tan print fabric (applique and Borders 2 and 9) • 60cm (¾yd) each of two white print fabrics (Border 6 background) • 40cm (½yd) pink floral print fabric (applique and Borders 5 and 7) • 40cm (½yd) small floral navy print fabric (applique) • 50cm (⅝yd) mid-blue tone-on-tone print fabric (applique and Borders 5 and 7) • 20cm (¼yd) each of seven print fabrics (applique). Cheryl used tan, light blue tone-on-tone, light blue/pink floral, teal floral, pink tone-ontone, dark…

Available from Search Press Australia. Please go to searchpress.com.au for details, email: sales@searchpress.com.au or call at Tel: 02 47228323 Color, Thread & Free-motion Quilting: Learn to stitch with reckless abandon By Teri Lucas There have been a lot of books published in recent years to help quiltmakers improve their skills in free-motion machine quilting on domestic sewing machines. This one is a little different; although it includes a chapter on machine quilting and quilting designs (with line drawings of 36 different patterns to try) along with another one on colour theory, the thing that makes this book unique is its focus on choosing the threads to stitch with: how their colour and weight affect the overall look of finished quilts. Teri has included photographs of quilting on a rainbow of…

Finished size: 217cm (85½in) square Block size: 5in Materials • Wide assortment of print fabrics to total about 9m (10yd) (New York Beauty blocks) • 3.6m (4yd) plain white fabric (block backgrounds) • 2.3m (2½yd) print fabric (border) • 70cm (¾yd) plain fabric (binding) • Batting at least 236cm (93in) square • 2.4m (2⅝yd) extra-wide (275cm/108in-wide) backing fabric • Paper for foundations – ‘bank’ paper or newsprint is ideal • Template plastic and cardboard • Fine permanent-marking pen and fine mechanical pencil • Milliner’s/straw needle • Neutral-coloured thread • Spray starch • Water-soluble fabric-basting glue • Rotary cutter, ruler and mat • Sewing machine with ¼in foot • General sewing supplies Preparation and cutting 1 Trace Templates B and C (with seam allowances) from the Pattern Sheet onto template plastic…

Finished quilt size: 184cm (72½in) square Finished block size: 6in and 12in square Made by Slade madebyslade@hotmail.com Materials • Two Jelly Rolls or at least 69 strips of assorted print fabrics, 2½in x width of fabric (large blocks) • Two Honey Buns or at least 54 strips of assorted print fabrics, 1½in x width of fabric (small blocks) • 4m (4½yd) backing fabric • Batting 204cm (80in) square • 60cm (⅝yd) red tone-on-tone print fabric (binding) • Rotary cutter, square quilter’s ruler and mat • Sewing machine with ¼in foot • General sewing supplies Large Terrace Floor blocks 1 To make one block, choose three 2.in strips, each cut from a different print fabric. Sew them together on their long edges to make a strip set. Press. The strip set…

Finished size: 28cm x 122cm (11in x 48in) michelle@pieceville.com.au www.pieceville.com.au michellemarvig Materials • 45cm (½yd) lightweight charcoal linen (140cm/55in) wide • Assorted fabric scraps in a range of teal, grey and taupe prints • 20cm (¼yd) dark steel grey print fabric (binding) • Light steel blue Sashiko thread and Sashiko needle • One flat button, 45mm (1¾in) diameter • Freezer paper • Rotary cutter, ruler and mat • Sewing machine • General sewing supplies Note: With many linens, it can be virtually impossible to distinguish the ‘right’ and ‘wrong’ side of the fabric. Examine your fabric closely to see if you can tell any difference. If you can, decide for yourself which you will consider the right side. We have used the term ‘right side’ in the assembly instructions to…

Finished quilt size: 155cm (61in) square Finished block size: 12in square Jedi Craft Girl www.jedicraftgirl.com jedicraftgirl Materials • One Jelly Roll or at least 17 strips of assorted red print fabrics, 2½in x width of fabric (blocks) • 1m (1⅛yd) aqua floral print fabric (block centres and border) • 2.2m (2½yd) white dot print fabric (background and sashing) • 1.3m (1½yd) dark blue tone-on-tone print fabric (sashing and binding) • 3.6m (3⅞yd) backing fabric • Batting at least 175cm (69in) square • Rotary cutter, quilter’s ruler and mat • Sewing machine with ¼in foot • General sewing supplies Cutting From the assorted 2½in red print strips, cut: • 108 rectangles, 2½in x 4½in • 36 squares, 2½in From the aqua floral print fabric, cut: • one strip, 4½in x width…

A1 Craft and Quilting Ph: 0438 877 664, website: www.a1craftandquilting.com.au A Little Patch of Country Ph: (03) 5633 2311, website: www.littlepatch.com.au Batik Oetoro Ph: (02) 4943 8808, website: www.dyeman.com Bellarine Sewing Centre Ph: (03) 5221 3034, website: www.bellarinesewingcentre.com.au Can Do Books Ph: (03) 9813 5222, email: stephanie@candobooks.com.au Chelsea Park BnB Ph: (02) 4861 7046, website: www.chelseaparkbnb.com Clover website: www.clover-usa.com/en CraftAlive Ph: (03) 9682 5133, website: www.craftalive.com.au Craft Collections Ph: 0419 616 714, website: www.craftcollections.com.au Creature Crafts Email: creaturecrafts@bigpond.com, website: www.creaturecrafts.net.au Cynthia’s Ark Ph: (08) 8527 2120, website: www.cynthiasark.com.au Dragonfly Fabrics Ph: (08) 8948 0691, email: dragonfabric@bigpond.com East Coast Fabrics Ph: (07) 3889 6024, website: www.eastcoastfabrics.com.au eQuilter Email: equiltfairy@gmail.com, website: www.equilter.com Ezy Quiltz & Stitching Ph: 0427 282 047, website: www.ezyquiltzandstitching.com.au Faeries in My Garden Ph: (07) 3869 0808, website: www.faeriesinmygarden.com.au…

Steampunk Selfie Kestrel Michaud, West Melbourne, Florida 61cm x 91.5cm (24in x 36in) Artist’s statement: “In this steampunk fantasy world, men and women have taken to the skies on massive, steam-powered ships held aloft by hot air, ingenuity and luck. Most people would be satisfied to soar above the clouds, but not Faith! Her favourite pastime is bungee jumping off the side of her airship, accompanied by Bubo, her pet mechanical owl. This quilt depicts the photo Faith took on her latest jump to test her new camera and selfie stick.” Cotton, ink, liquid sealant, glue sealant. Free-motion quilted, fused appliqué, digitally printed. Dezi’s Joy Julie A. Bohnsack, Carbondale, Illinois 104cm x 76cm (41in x 30in) Artist’s statement: “My grandson had just learned to pump himself on a swing. He…

Elizabeth started working on her first-ever quilt in 1968 using surplus materials from her dressmaking, and applying sewing skills learned from her mother, who used a Singer treadle machine that had belonged to her mother. It wasn’t until 1975 that she began the first quilt that she actually finished — although completing it did take 17 years! Ambitiously, Elizabeth had decided to adapt a design she had seen in a women’s magazine pieced from hexagons. She made the necessary templates using discarded breakfast cereal boxes. She still has some of them and, as an aside, remarks that they tell an interesting story of dietary changes over the decades, as the family-favourite cereal now contains only half the sugar content of those earlier days when her children were much younger. The…

Finished quilt size: 113cm (44½in) square Finished block size: 5in square Lilabelle Lane Creations lilabellelane sharon@lilabellelanecreations.com Materials • Scraps of assorted red print fabrics to total about 20cm (¼yd). Sharon used Liberty prints • Scraps of assorted green print fabrics to total about 1.1m (1⅜yd). Sharon used Liberty prints • 30cm (⅜yd) solid red linen (block centres and Border 2) • 1.1m (1¼yd) white tone-on-tone print fabric • 40cm (½yd) red print fabric (binding). Sharon used two packets of pre-made Liberty bias binding in Mitsi 19B • 1.8m (2yd) backing fabric • Batting at least 120cm (50in) square • Lightweight fusible interfacing • Mini timber Christmas tree ornaments for embroidery. Sharon used “Cute As …” 2in diameter bamboo frames, which are available in many craft outlets. Wholesale orders can be…

Finished quilt size: 183cm x 137cm (72in x 54in) Finished block size: 18in square patforsterblog.wordpress.com pat.forster@iinet.net.au Materials • 60cm (⅝yd) each of three coordinated print fabrics • 60cm (⅝yd) each of three solid green medium-value fabrics and three solid green light-value fabrics • Scraps of four or five solid fabrics in assorted colours (block centres) • 45cm (½yd) green tone-on-tone print fabric (binding) • 3.2m (3½yd) backing fabric • Batting at least 200cm x 155cm (78in x 60in) • Rotary cutter, ruler and mat • Sewing machine with ¼in foot • General sewing supplies Cutting From each of the three print fabrics, cut: • eight strips, 2.in x width of fabric From each of the solid green medium and light-value fabrics, cut: • eight strips, 2.in x width of fabric…

Kits and block of the month programs are popular choices for quilters for a number of reasons. How many times has a quilt caught your eye and you think “Wow I would love to make that exact same quilt with the same fabrics and colours”? When you buy a kit for a quilt you see you can do just that – make it exactly in the colours and fabrics you see. Kits also take the often difficult job of select fabrics and colours out of the equation. The hard part is done for you so you can just enjoy the sewing. TULA PINK HOMEMADE 2.5” x WOF STRIP PACK Contains 22 coordinating fabrics from the range $75. Does not contain the main focus fabrics these can be purchased separately as…